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10:40 AM ET, February 3, 2012

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New York Times:
A Painful Betrayal  —  With its roster of corporate sponsors and the pink ribbons that lend a halo to almost any kind of product you can think of, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation has a longstanding reputation as a staunch protector of women's health.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / Business Insider:
HOPE KILLS: Susan G Komen Foundation Would Rather Be Associated With A Handgun Than Planned Parenthood  —  Well, here's an interesting weapon!  —  The Susan G. Komen Foundation, which collects and distributes money for Breast Cancer research and prevention is in the news for withdrawing its …
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
After cutting ties with Planned Parenthood, Komen donations up 100 percent  —  In the wake of this week's announcement that Susan G. Komen for the Cure will no longer be awarding grants to Planned Parenthood, the breast cancer organization's donations have gone up 100 percent in the last two days.
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Susan G. Komen Top Officials Resign As Backlash Gains Steam
City Room:
Mayor to Give $250,000 to Planned Parenthood
Political Mojo:
Komen's $7.5 Million Grant to Penn State Appears to Violate New Policy
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Employment Jumps; Rate 8.3%, 243,000 New Jobs Created  —  The pace of job creation surged in January, with the US economy generating 243,000 new positions while the unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, according to government data released Friday.  —  Both numbers were far better than consensus …
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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Added 243,000 Jobs in January; Unemployment Rate Is 8.3%  —  The United States economy gained momentum in January, adding 243,000 jobs, the second straight month of better-than-expected gains.  —  The unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent, giving a cause for optimism …
Discussion: TalkLeft, Economix and Prairie Weather
Bob Willis / Bloomberg:
Unemployment Drops to 8.3%; Payrolls in U.S. Jump 243,000
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Page
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Team Obama shocked to learn Romney wants to win  —  Late Thursday night, as the political world was obsessing over fallout from Mitt Romney's “not concerned about the very poor” remarks, the Obama campaign was scandalized by something else Romney said in the wake of victory in Florida.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / CBS News:
Conservative group Club for Growth hits Mitt Romney for minimum wage stance
Discussion: Mark America
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Obama's Magic Number?  150,000 Jobs Per Month  —  The unemployment report on Friday will give us the most tangible read to date on how the economy is performing in 2012.  It might also represent the most important number yet for President Obama's prospects of winning re-election.
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
S.E.C. Is Avoiding Tough Sanctions for Large Banks  —  WASHINGTON — Even as the Securities and Exchange Commission has stepped up its investigations of Wall Street in the last decade, the agency has repeatedly allowed the biggest firms to avoid punishments specifically meant to apply to fraud cases.
Washington Examiner:
Holder should walk the plank on ‘Fast and Furious’  —  A petulant, angry, and defiant Attorney General Eric Holder refused yesterday to take any responsibility for the growing scandal surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, the ill-conceived and incompetently managed program …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
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ABCNEWS:
Attorney General Eric Holder Disgusted by Personal Attacks at Fast and Furious Hearing
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Sierra Club took $26m from gas industry to fight coal  —  The Sierra Club disclosed Thursday that it received over $26 million from natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy Corp. between 2007 and 2010 to help the group's campaign against coal-fired power plants.  —  Sierra Club Executive Director …
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Michael Brune / Coming Clean:
The Sierra Club and Natural Gas
Discussion: Ecocentric, Big Government and Politico
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney up big in Nevada  —  Mitt Romney is headed for a dominant victory in Nevada on Saturday.  PPP finds him polling at 50% to 25% for Newt Gingrich, 15% for Ron Paul, and 8% for Rick Santorum.  —  Certainly in Nevada the Mormon vote will get a lot of attention and Romney leads Paul 78-14 …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Colbert v. the Court  —  Why, in the battle over Citizens United, the Supreme Court never had a chance.  —  The Supreme Court has always had its critics.  Chief Justice John Marshall had to contend with the temper of President Andrew Jackson ("John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!").
Discussion: CNN
Politics:
Mitt Romney Was A Democrat  —  It may only have been for a few minutes in 1992.  But this is a little-known, true fact: The likely GOP nominee is a former Democrat.  —  Mitt Romney's 1992 Democratic Primary vote for Paul Tsongas — a technocratic modernizer and reformer, but very much a Democrat …
Discussion: Mediaite
Mj Lee / Reuters:
Scott Brown pays own daughter Ayla to sing  —  Sen. Scott Brown's daughter, Ayla Brown, likes to use her musical talent to help boost her father's reelection bid, but the former “America Idol” contestant and her band's services aren't free — the Brown campaign has spent $9,500 …
Discussion: The Boston Globe
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Rep. Shuler to retire, faced tough 2012 race  —  Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) will not run for reelection to the House, three sources with knowledge of his plans confirmed to The Hill.  —  One of the last remaining members of the Blue Dog Coalition, Shuler was hit by congressional redistricting …
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Alex Isenstadt / Reuters:
Dems outraised GOP majority in 2011
Discussion: The Page
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Cantor: 'We shouldn't settle' on jobless rate above 8 percent  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Friday's better than expected jobs numbers were “encouraging,” but that Americans “shouldn't settle” for an unemployment rate that remains above eight percent.
Discussion: Reuters
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
The Man Behind Rick Santorum's Money: An Interview with Foster Friess  —  The man fueling Rick Santorum's presidential campaign is a Wyoming cowboy with a special interest in conservative cause who wears a tall, white hat and likes to call himself the “man atop the horse.”  —  He's also a billionaire.
Discussion: GOP 12
 
 
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Maria Abi-Habib / Wall Street Journal:
Pakistan Foreign Minister Supports Kabul's Place in Taliban Negotiations
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Wall Street Fundraising Evaporates As Donors Flee To Romney
Discussion: American Prospect, Hot Air and Politico
Fox News:
Gunmen kidnap 2 Americans, Egyptian in Sinai Peninsula
BuzzFeed:
Sandra Day O'Connor Hasn't Offended This Many People Since She Upheld Roe V. Wade
Discussion: Politics and Balloon Juice
J.E. Dyer / Hot Air:
Why Sarah Palin is right about having a competitive primary season
Associated Press:
Obama to unveil new jobs initiative for veterans
Discussion: Right Wing News
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Romney Is Kerry. Or Maybe Gore.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Romney Isn't Concerned
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Michelle Obama: We're driven by family struggles
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney: We Are The Only People Who Put Their Hand Over Our Hearts During The National Anthem …
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How Soccer Moms Have Moved On
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